MondayLunchCrew

Pattern:
trellis stitch scarf from a handout by Artisan Fibers
Yarn:
Artisan Fibres NZ Merino Lace Weight (no clue on the colorway since I seemed to have misplaced the label.
Needles:
Addi Turbo Lace Circulars in Size 5 (3.75mm) 47″ long
Date Started:
May 28th, 2007
Date Finished:
June 24th, 2007
Modifications:
None intentional, but the mistakes are making the pattern unique to say the [...]

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I’ve been spending more and more time trying out and exploring the different techniques to execute the SSK stitch.
The following are the three ways I’ve been doing them and in the order of trying them out.

Slip as if to purl, Slip as if to purl, move stitches to left needle, knit them through back loops [...]

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While it’s not quite a lace scarf yet since it’s not been blocked to the long enough size; it is now off the needles.

I haven’t yet decided how to block this yet, (maybe on my ironing board, since I don’t have much else to use) but I feel quite accomplished anyhow. My first 100% [...]

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Our favorite Fish and Chips place: Olde Yorke Fish and Chips.

The first time we went to this place was after hearing about a family going to make special trip to go during the CreativFestival last Autumn. This place must be good, I thought, so that weekend, we went, but they are not [...]

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To be honest, I thought this book was fluffy and flaky when I first saw it in the window of Purl Soho last year.

But since it was on sale and at such a good price on Amazon recently, I got myself a copy to read. I was blown away.

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So, I didn’t have to wait until the 25th after all. Went to Romni Wool and got myself one of the few copies they had.
While I was there, I went and checked out their lace-weight selection and was saddened that they only had two types of lace-weight yarns: Misti Alpaca Lace and the Fiddlesticks [...]

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Yes, I confess, I’m a cheater.
While I can maintain good tension with my fingers with the knitting. I’m not doing it on my own anymore. I am cheating with using a tool. One that I have loved for years.

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My New York age is 35

This New York age puts you into a middle category between young and old (but not “middle age” per se). Be proud. You’ve got a nice balance between going out hard-core and staying in. You care about culture but also like some quiet nights. Keep it up, but think about [...]

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I’m really looking forward to June 25th, finally an issue of Knitscene I’m really looking forward to! Knitscene Fall 2007 Issue - Knitting Projects (Interweave Press)

The latest web project is something that G’s willing to wear if I make it. It’s now high on the list. And on top of it all, the yarn used [...]

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First time we had Dante’s pizza was on New Year’s Eve with delivery. It was okay but not spectacular. But we gave it another go and this time, we went to the store and it was yum.
The menu had some great ingredient choices that we never seen at other places: artichoke, shrimp (huge), 4 types [...]

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As a web designer, it hurts to look MySpace pages*, apparently I’m not the only one: (I warn you now, this is very geeky humour)
The Ultimate MySpace Layout at 9rules Humor Notes
*There are some really beautiful MySpace pages out there, too bad they are few and far between…

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This showed up yesterday: I’m beside myself with excitement. It’s full of very pretty photos and well, way too many interesting things to read about victorian lace. Loads of dreaming of future projects. I didn’t have much time to read it yesterday, but I’m definitely going to spending some curled up with it [...]

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Just a little picture to show some progress… It is going much better now. I’m better able to keep knitting without mistakes. When they happen, I can usually track down what went wrong instead of having to make up a correction…It’s the little things:

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So, been tagged in the “8 Things Meme” by craftlover.
This will be difficult, but I’ll try:

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MIT team powers light bulb without wires - Yahoo! News
I was just talking with G not long ago that we needed a way to power everything without all the wires! This is it! I’m excited but not surprised that someone tackled this problem. Exciting development in Engineering. Now, to wait until it shows up in [...]

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Gratuitous Flour photo:

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The Profit Calculator — New York Magazine [via] Great little feature about how different types of business makes money. I found it a little strange how they profiled many Upper East businesses. But maybe the feature writer is from the neighbourhood. Also captured my attention for a profile of my old employer, Goldman Sachs.
As for [...]

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